History of Bengali Language and Literature c7.s3.8

c7.s3.8

I have tried to shew that the revival of Hinduism, which had reached full development amongst the vernacular-reading classes in Bengal by the 15th century, was effective in bringing society back into discipline and order, thus counteracting those vices of free-thinking and gross Tāntrikism to which it had succumbed during the last days of Buddhism. In written language, metrical forms, aiming at rythmical perfection gradually found favour, and Sanskritic expressions were preferred to the loose Prākrita which in the Buddhistic age had been the current dialect of this country. Everywhere a reactionary movement—a tendency to correct and embellish the current forms—was observed. Both social and literary movements were imbued with this spirit.